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Research Opportunities

Information Sessions

IRES: Montclair State University Summer Biology Research Program in Japan
  • Wednesday October 8, 2025
    8:00 PM-9:00 PM
  • Thursday October 30, 2025
    4:00 PM-5:00PM
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External Research Opportunities

The National Science Foundation

The University System of Maryland's Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (USM LSAMP) Research Program

Fall Deadline: August 27
Spring Deadline: January 4
Summer Deadline: April 11

Contact: Peter DeCrescenzo, LSAMP project coordinator, lsamp@umbc.edu

The Simons Foundation: Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN)

International Research Experiences for Students (IRES): Montclair State University Summer Biology Research Program in Japan

Program Duration: May 10-July 11, 2026
Deadline: November 9, 2025

Contact: Carlos Molina, molinac@montclair.edu
Mika Munakata, munakatam@montclair.edu

Environmental Research Opportunities

Mountain Lake Biological Station: Research Experiences for Undergraduates 

Contact: mlbs-reu@virginia.edu

Coastal Marine Education and Research Academy (CMERA)

Contact: info@coastalmera.com

Ecosystem Field Studes

Carribean Program Duration: December 28, 2025-January 17, 2026
Colorado Program Duration: TBD Summer 2026
Deadline: Rolling

Contact: steve@ecofs.org

Health Research Opportunities

Nemours Children's Health: Nemours Summer Undergraduate Research Program (NSURP)

Contact: summerresearch@nemours.org

University of Maryland School of Medicine: Supporting Undergraduate Members in Microbiology and Immunology Research (SUMMIR)

Contact: Ola Awad, PhD, SUMMIR program coordinator, Oawad@som.umaryland.edu

The Jackson Laboratory: Summer Student Program (SSP)

Program Duration: May 30, 2026-August 7, 2026
Deadline: January 16, 2026

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP): The Summer Mentoring and Research in Transdisciplinary Methodologies in the Neuroscience of Drug-Abuse (SMARTMIND)

Contact: couri-programs@utep.edu

Univerity of Florida Health Cancer Center: Summer Training in Research and Oncology for the Next Generation of Researchers (STRONGER)

Contact: education@cancer.ufl.edu

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Data Science and Informatics (DSI) Scholars Program

Contact: NLMDSI@nih.gov

Postgraduate Research Opportunities

American Geophysical Union Bridge Program

Contact: bridge@agu.org

University of Connecticut Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates (RaMP): Genomic Novelty

Contact: Teisha King, program coordinator, teisha.king@uconn.edu

National Institutes of Health Postbac Program

Contact: PBP@od.nih.gov